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“Yoga requires a revaluation of confused patterns of our thinking;Relaxed mind without inhibitions, restraints and over-activity;One-pointed projection on the chosen image symbol of attention;Counting, holding the breath, helps for soft relaxed concentration.Meditation becomes the calm continuity of retrospective think,Keep the mind awake for trance and sleep yield you nothing.Then you will become ready for real Yogic contemplation.”– Mahendranath, The Magnum Opus of Twilight Yoga

How can our Yoga Practice bring about change and transformation? The beginning of the fourth chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras gives us some key insights into how we can grow into successful positive changes:

In verses 5-9 of Chapter 1 of the Haṭha Pradīpikā, the author Svātmārāma lists the lineage of hatha yoga up through his time. The lineage begins with Śiva Himself teaching Matsyendranāth, whose many disciples including Gorakṣanāth are mentioned next. In total 30 different masters are named. There are some variations between different manuscripts,but they are mostly the same.In the Lonavla Yoga Institute Critical Edition, they are: